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    India vs Pakistan, Preview | World Cup: Rain threat in Ahmedabad as India start favourites

    adminBy adminOctober 13, 2023 Cricket No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The only question that India seek answer now is whether to play R Ashwin or Shardul Thakur, with both being contestants for the No. 8 slot.

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    PANAJI: India are the overwhelming favourites against arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2023 match in Ahmedabad on Saturday (October 14) that has a compelling socio-political context, implications of
    which transcend beyond the 22 yards.
    On paper, India are a far superior side and with a batting line-up filled with alpha-male characters, it will all depend on how well left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s first spell pans out as the cross-border neighbours might not be short on intent but certainly in terms of ammunition.
    But this is a match where emotional quotients play a role and it has created heroes and villains in equal measure over the years.
    Ask Javed Miandad and Chetan Sharma, Saleem Malik and Maninder Singh, Ajay Jadeja and Waqar Younis, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Saqlain Mushtaq, Sachin Tendulkar and Shoaib Akhtar, Virat Kohli and Wahab Riaz, Joginder Sharma and Misbah ul Haq (albeit in T20 WC), as this contest is replete with examples of agony and ecstasy, unbridled joy and heart-breaks of a lifetime, which never seem to find closure.
    Shaheen in Urdu means ‘King of Birds’ and Rohit won’t mind clipping his wings at the earliest inside an imposing amphitheatre that can house 132,000 people.
    Shubman Gill is recovering well post dengue and if he is ready to do to Shaheen what he did in the Asia Cup in Colombo with those half a dozen fours in Powerplay, then half the job of deflating Pakistanis would be done.
    The master puller would like to reassert his supremacy first up which would create a platform for the likes of Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul to consolidate during middle-overs where Pakistan could be a bit short-changed due to lack of quality spinners.
    Pakistan vice-captain Shadab Khan has gone for 100 runs in 16 overs in the two games and he along with new ball bowler Hasan Ali could be the easy target for Indians. Not to forget the second nner, which has been Pakistan’s weak link so far.
    Rain threat in Ahmedabad
    Yes, there is a forecast of inclement weather but no one wants anything to come in the way of a full game of cricket.
    Mohammad Rizwan was phenomenal against Sri Lanka and Abdullah Shafique showed his class. There is Saud Shakeel, who can be an ‘x-factor’ on a given day. But Pakistan’s batting depends on its skipper Babar Azam.
    Babar’s battle with Kuldeep Yadav could even add a fascinating sub-text to the match.
    The left-arm wrist-spinner’s leg-break that landed Babar in a mess in Manchester in 2019, could be watched on loop as many times as one can.
    In between, Kuldeep had lost that flight, loop, dip and deception but he has regained those assets and the spinner can spell doom for Babar and his team.
    The Asia Cup match in Colombo is a case in point. But to nullify Kuldeep, Pakistan need to go past the first spell of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
    Rizwan and Shafique would know that negating Bumrah and Siraj could be infinitely more challenging than spanking Matheesha Pathirana.
    The only question that India seek answer now is whether to play R Ashwin or Shardul Thakur, with both being contestants for the No. 8 slot.

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